Clip.



1. GRACE.

' CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13, 1913.'

1,177,5 1 1. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

JAMES GRACE, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLIP.

7 Specification of Letters Patent. .Patented 1313.1. 28, 1916- Application filed August 13, 1913. Serial No. 784,573.

T 0 (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES zen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clips, of which the following is a specification. V

The general object of the invention is to facilitate the operation of attaching tags to packages, such as are sent by parcel post,

and also to render itcomparatively easy for the carrier to remove these tags when delivering the package. And to this end the invention resides in an attaching device in the form of a wire clip which is constructed so that it may be readily extended around the retaining cord of the package and then operated to connect the tag with the package by being passed through the eyelet of the tag.

' Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective of a package and showing the invention in use. Fig. '2 is a detail showing a tag in end elevation and the device forming the subject-matter of the invention in side elevation and connected to the tag and to the package re- Fig. 3 is a detail front elevation of the clip. Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of the same.

In handling insured packages by parcel post atag is usually securely tied by means of a small piece of cord, to the tying cord of the package. lhe tag contains the usual blank form of receipt which must be properly signed by the consignee when the package is received from the carrier. On delivering the package the carrier is required to remove the tag. Owing to the present means for securing the tag to the package, it is extremely difiicult and requires considerable time for the carrier to untie the string which secures the tag to the tying cord. By my invention the dithcult operation of untying the tag is overcome andby referring to the drawings it will be seen that I emtaining cor."

GRA on, a citiploy a resilient spring clip for securing the tag to the tying cord of the package in a quick and efficient manner.

Referring to the drawings in detail a indicates a package securely bound by means of the tying cord Z) and to which is held by.

means of my improved springclip c, a tag (Z.

The clip is preferably formed of malleable rather than spring wire, and comprises an 7 intermediate portion 1 on the opposite ends of which are formed limbs 52. These limbs are offset each with respect to the other (see Fi 4) so that they will not interfere in passing each other when they are brought together for the purpose of securing the tag thereon. The limbs are also provided with converging portions 3 which converge to a point approximately their middles, whence they are directed so as to form diverging portions 4-.

In usethe clip is first passed through the tying cord of the package and the limbs are then brought together and passed through the eyelet 5 of thetag. of the diverging portions of the limbs through the eyelet, they are then beat out- After the passing' wardly to the position indicated in Figs. 1

with relation to each other and lying in )arallel planes, said end portions converging toward each other from the intermediate portion at equal angles, and the eX- tremities of the said end portions being straight and blunt and diverging from each other at equal angles, said end portions be ing bendable at their points which are in closest proximity to each other for engagement with a tag. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES GRACE.

Witnesses:

JAMEs KoEHL, GEO. A. Brnnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for'five cents each. by addressing the fCommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 7 

